RAMALLAH, September 6, 2017 (WAFA) – The forceful eviction of a Palestinian family from their home of 53 years in East Jerusalem after an Israeli court ruled out the home belongs to Israeli Jewish settlers hit the front page headlines in Palestinian Arabic dailies.

The three dailies reported Israeli occupation forces forcefully evicted the Shamasna family from their home in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to make way for Jewish settlers.

Al-Ayyam reported the homeowner Muhammad Shamasna saying Israeli police raided the home and forced his family out just like bandits do.

It added Israeli police detained two members of the Shamasna family and an international solidarity activist after physically assaulting them.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida highlighted a statement issued by heads of churches in Jerusalem protesting against an Israeli ruling that force them to sell church lands to Jewish settler organizations.

They quoted Jerusalem hierarchs slamming Israel’s “systematic attempt to weaken the Christian presence” in Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

Covering West Bank raids, al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida said Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian young man during clashes in al-Far‘a camp, northeast of Nablus.

Al-Ayyam added Israeli forces also detained a Palestinian security officer allegedly for incitement against Israelis in Facebook posts.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida also reported an Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian young man to the west of Bethlehem and injured him before he fled the scene.

Al-Ayyam said Israeli forces scattered leaflets throughout the streets of Ramallah and al-Bireh cities in the central West Bank, ordering merchants not to sell toy guns.

It added Israeli troops also stormed a print shop in Ramallah city and center dedicated to the rehabilitation of disabled people in al-Am‘ari refugee camp, confiscating equipment.

Al-Quds reported the Palestinian government slamming Israel’s decision to form a council in charge of running Israeli Jewish settlers’ affairs in Hebron as a “serious precedent”.

It added Israel has suspended granting work visas to international charity workers delivering aid to Palestinians.

The dailies also covered President Mahmoud Abbas’ meeting with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer in Ramallah.

Abbas was reported in al-Ayyam stating Israeli settlement construction poses a great threat to the political process.

He was also reported in al-Hayat al-Jadida expressing his determination to end the intra-Palestinian division and achieve national unity.

The dailies added Maurer arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip and met with Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said Israeli occupation authorities established that a total of 876 dunums of Palestinian land to the south of Bethlehem belongs to Israeli Jewish settler groups.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported Fatah officials condemning Israeli occupation authorities’ decision banning Fadwa Barghouthi, the wife of imprisoned senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, from visiting her husband in prison until 2019.